Inside the Senate's last-gasp effort to solve the health care crisis

""We're on the clock," Moreno told Axios in an interview. "We're not going to talk about this past January - like, we either make a deal this month or we don't make a deal.""

""It may be we don't make a deal," he acknowledged, given the political atmosphere."

""It's not about gaining ground and saying we're doing something more than [the Hyde Amendment]. And it's not something, on the Democrat side, saying we're doing something less than Hyde," he said. "We're trying to respect a established tradition...""

Bipartisan negotiators propose reinstating ACA enhanced subsidies for two years and extending open enrollment into March. The proposal would cap eligibility at 700% of the federal poverty level, replace $0 premium plans with $5 premiums, and allow individuals to direct enhanced subsidies into Health Savings Accounts or toward premiums. Negotiators have discussed imposing significant penalties on insurers that enroll people without their knowledge. Cost‑sharing reductions would likely begin in year two and could lower premiums by about 11%. Language preventing taxpayer funding for abortions remains a major sticking point, and negotiators face a tight deadline this month.

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